Argo: Fluchtige Musik - VINYL LP

Argo: Fluchtige Musik - VINYL LPTitle: Fluchtige Musik Artist: Argo Label: Edition Telemark Product Type: VINYL LP UPC: 769791964587 Genre: Rock Release Date: 2016 12 30 Number of Discs: 2 The trio Argo was formed in Darmstadt in 1985 by Hans Essel (violin), Marit Hoffmann (viola), and Thomas Stett (clarinet). It existed until 2016 when it was forced to an end by the untimely death of Stett. Argo set out to explore new ways of free collective improvisation that were aimed neither at

Title: Fluchtige Musik
Artist: Argo
Label: Edition Telemark
Product Type: VINYL LP
UPC: 769791964587
Genre: Rock
Release Date: 2016-12-30
Number of Discs: 2

The trio Argo was formed in Darmstadt in 1985 by Hans Essel (violin), Marit Hoffmann (viola), and Thomas Stett (clarinet). It existed until 2016 when it was forced to an end by the untimely death of Stett. Argo set out to explore new ways of free collective improvisation that were aimed neither at personal expressivity, nor at the evocation of a certain mood or atmosphere. Eschewing any compositional agreements, they experimented with musical forms and processes that emerged spontaneously between the poles of the players's individual lines of improvisation. They played with fleeting objects of sound and transformations, inflections, and disruptions of those objects. Unexpected noises that could arise at any time required and provoked fast reactions of the players. Argo utilized three classical instruments without any preparations but over time, developed an augmented range of sound generation techniques on these instruments. Their playing bears almost no traces of tonality, harmony, or rhythm. The title of this edition, Flüchtige Musik, translates as "fleeting music" or "transient music". The double LP collects recordings made mostly live between 1987 and 2013. The first recording still shows traces of classical sound material but also includes other sound generators like styrofoam and cardboard that were left out later. Already in 1991, Argo had settled on using the three instruments exclusively but with a new range of sounds that can be heard throughout the subsequent recordings. On a few occasions, Argo transferred their concept to experiments with their own speaking voices. This led to "Flüchtige Wörter" ("fleeting words"), one recording of which is also included. Double LP in gatefold sleeve with black poly-lined inner sleeves; Edition of 300.

Tracks:
1.1 September 20, 1991, Darmstadt: Kunstfabrik Arheilgen
1.2 February 27, 1999, Munich: Phren-Tagung (Flüchtige Wörter)
2.1 July 30, 2010, Darmstadt
3.1 November 24, 1987, Wiesbaden: Artist
4.1 November 10, 2007, Darmstadt: Kunstfabrik BHF2
4.2 June 28, 2013, Darmstadt: Kunstfabrik BHF2 (Objects)